What category data can be deployed?
NOTE - Category data is non-lockable. This means content managers/administrator roles on destination sites can always rollback your changes or make further edits.
A category must already exist on the destination site, otherwise deployment will fail. New categories (Category Codes) cannot be deployed.
Deployable data are:
- category image, deletion of category image
- category banner, including image
- category tree structure (excluding products) - Online mode on both deploying and destination sites
- category product hierarchy
- category products
- category details
- category SEO details
- category custom fields
Check Category Maintenance mode
When the deploying site is in Integrated mode:
- only one category's data can be deployed at a time
- category hierarchy (tree structure) data cannot be selected for deployment.
When a destination site is in Integrated mode (and the deploying site is in Online mode):
- deployment of category hierarchy (tree structure) data will fail. The Content Deployment Log will display this error message:
Step-by-step guide
1. Enable Category Deploy
- In the CMS, go to Settings → Settings → Feature Management → Content → Deploy Content.
- Ensure Deploy Content is enabled, then click Configure.
- In Deployment, toggle ON deploy for Category Maintenance.
- Click Save or Save & Exit.
2. Deploy category data
This step assumes you have category data ready to deploy. Deployable data for a category must be online-mantained. If your deploying site is in Integrated Category Maintenance mode, some data types cannot be selected.
To deploy category data:
- Go to E-commerce → Products & Categories → Category Maintenance.
- Do you want to deploy data from a single category or the same data types from multiple categories? NOTE - The multiple categories option is only available when your site is in Online Mode.
- Online mode: Multiple categories - on the top right of the page, select Deploy the button. Single category - find the category, hover over its Options, then select Deploy.
- Integrated mode: Single category only - find the category, then click Edit next to it. In the Maintain Category page, hover over the Options button, then select Deploy.
- In the Deploy modal, toggle ON the data type(s) to deploy. If your site is in Integrated mode, category hierarchy data cannot be selected.
- Toggle ON the category to deploy. If you're deploying multiple categories, toggle ON each required category.
- Click Next.
- Toggle ON one or more valid destination sites.
- Click Next.
- Check the data and site selections are correct, then click Deploy.
- In the next screen, check whether deployment was successful or failed,
- Single destination site
- Successful deployments: the progress bar reaches step 4 'Results' and has a 'Successful' message. You can also click the link (2) to see the deployment details.
- Failed deployment: the progress bar remains at step 3 'Summary' and the failed message is displayed.
Review data and site details for this deployment instance for issues before trying again. Check the Content Deployment Log for errors.- Multiple destination sites:
- Successful to all destination sites - the progress bar reaches step 4 'Results' and has a 'Successful' message. You can also click the link (2) to see the deployment details.
Additional Information
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Prerequisites |
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Self Configurable |
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Business Function |
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BPD Only? |
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B2B/B2C/Both |
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